Opinion
15 Civ. 7296 (KPF)
06-02-2021
MICHAEL SMITH BAKER, Plaintiff, v. DETECTIVE ANTHONY GERMAN AND DETECTIVE FREDERICO IRIZARRY, Defendants.
ORDER
KATHERINE POLK FAILLA, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
The Southern District of New York has reconfigured courtrooms and other spaces in its courthouses to allow civil jury trials to proceed as safely as possible during the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the centralized calendaring system currently in place, the Clerk's Office schedules up to three jury trials to begin on each day of jury selection: a primary case and up to two back-up cases that may proceed in its place if the primary case does not go forward. On October 26, 2020, the Court ordered that trial would commence on July 26, 2021 (Dkt. #110), and proceeded to request a jury trial for that date.
The Clerk's Office has now notified the Court that this case has been placed on the jury trial list for July 27, 2021. The case must be trial-ready for that date. The case is third on the list for jury trials for that day. This means that the case will not proceed on July 27, 2021, if either of the two trials scheduled for that date go forward. If the case cannot proceed on the scheduled date, the Court will seek another jury trial date for as soon as possible thereafter. As soon as the Court confirms that the matter will proceed on July 27, 2021, it will inform the parties.
The Court previously entered a schedule for pretrial submissions, pursuant to which the parties' Joint Pretrial Order, motions in limine, requests to charge, proposed voire dire instructions, and any pretrial memoranda of law will be due June 25, 2021; and any opposition papers to motions in limine will be due July 2, 2021. (See Dkt. #110). A final pretrial conference is scheduled for July 12, 2021, at 2:00 p.m. (See id.).
SO ORDERED.